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Bicol Multipurpose Survey (BMS), 1994: [Philippines] (ICPSR 6890)

Principal Investigator(s):Lanzona, Leonard

Summary:

The objectives of the 1994 Bicol Multipurpose Survey, which
were similar to those of the BICOL MULTIPURPOSE SURVEY (BMS), 1978:
[PHILIPPINES] (ICPSR 6878) and the 1983 BMS (ICPSR 6889), were to
gather information on income, earnings, mobility, fertility, farm
production, and health from the residents of the Bicol Region in the
Philippines. Households in the province of Camarines Sur were
surveyed, with a primary focus on household characteristics, adult and
child health, value and income of assets or properties, expenditures
on education and li... (more info)

The objectives of the 1994 Bicol Multipurpose Survey, which
were similar to those of the BICOL MULTIPURPOSE SURVEY (BMS), 1978:
[PHILIPPINES] (ICPSR 6878) and the 1983 BMS (ICPSR 6889), were to
gather information on income, earnings, mobility, fertility, farm
production, and health from the residents of the Bicol Region in the
Philippines. Households in the province of Camarines Sur were
surveyed, with a primary focus on household characteristics, adult and
child health, value and income of assets or properties, expenditures
on education and liabilities, income such as cash and in-kind
transfers, and income from household members not residing in the
household, along with agricultural production of rice and other
crops. Information about the barangay (a barangay is a political
subdivision equivalent to a village in rural areas and to a
neighborhood in urban areas) in which the household was located
includes environmental sanitation, availability of community services,
and cost for community services or family planning. Data regarding
successor households (households where the children had taken over the
management and supervision of family assets) were examined, along with
intergenerational income mobility data (the impact of parental income
and investments on children).

Access Notes

The public-use data files in this collection are available for access by the general public.
Access does not require affiliation with an ICPSR member institution.

Dataset(s)

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Universe:
All farm and nonfarm households residing in 17 IDAs (Integrated
Development Areas) and 3 cities of the Bicol Region, Philippines.

Data Types:
survey data

Data Collection Notes:

(1) Data collected in 1978 (ICPSR 6878), 1983 (ICPSR
6889), and 1994 can be used individually or merged together (with the
exception of the Medical Practitioner and Extension Worker surveys
conducted in 1978) on a unique household identifier found in Part 15
of ICPSR 6878. Data for 1978, 1983, and 1994 can be merged with data
for 1981 (ICPSR 6888) at the community level only. (2) Users should
note that barangay codes have been scrambled and documentation has
been modified to preserve respondent confidentiality. (3) The data
collection instruments and codebook are provided as Portable Document
Format (PDF) files. The PDF file format was developed by Adobe Systems
Incorporated and can be accessed using PDF reader software, such as
the Adobe Acrobat Reader. Information on how to obtain a copy of the
Acrobat Reader is provided through the ICPSR Website on the
Internet. (4) The principal investigator has provided Part 44 to
assist users with additional data cleaning of Parts 22 through 27.

Methodology

Sample:
Multistage, stratified random sample of approximately 1,900
households containing more than 17,000 individuals residing in both
semi-urban and rural areas. A household is defined as a dwelling where
one or more families prepare food in common.

Data Source:

personal interviews and administrative records

Extent of Processing: ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of
disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major
statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to
these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:

Version(s)

2006-01-12 All files were removed from dataset 43 and flagged as study-level files, so that they will accompany all downloads.

2006-01-12 All files were removed from dataset 42 and flagged as study-level files, so that they will accompany all downloads.

2005-11-04 On 2005-03-14 new files were added to one
or more datasets. These files included additional setup files as well
as one or more of the following: SAS program, SAS transport, SPSS portable,
and Stata system files. The metadata record was revised 2005-11-04 to
reflect these additions.